The Little Lucky Girl

Magistrate Tao thought she was asking about the reward of herbal tea, and said with a smile: "How can it be that fast? The memorial has probably just been delivered to the capital."

"No," Ming Youyou waved her hand. She almost forgot about the reward. "Is my plow ready?"

Magistrate Tao narrowed his eyes and looked at her, "Did you really come up with this plow yourself?"

Ming Youyou blinked, "Didn't you watch me draw it bit by bit?"

The system emitted a soft light, expressing approval of the host's ambiguous answer. Her ability to deceive without lying had improved a lot.

Ming Youyou learned painting several times at the county magistrate's house. Although it was called "learning", it was actually no different from just blindly drawing.

The magistrate's wife tried hard to give her some pointers at first, but later she found that she couldn't explain it clearly, so she just let her play around and waited for a particularly capable female teacher to come and teach her in the future.

Ming Youyou quite liked this way of learning. Since the paper and pen at the county magistrate's house were free, she drew the curved plow over and over again without any regrets.

Although she had no talent for painting, by repeatedly painting the same thing, and with the quiet guidance of the teachers in the research institute, the more she painted, the better it became.

After she had used up another pen, Ming Youyou looked at her latest work, nodded with satisfaction, and went to find Magistrate Tao with a stack of manuscript paper.

"My Lord, could you please have someone make this for me?"

Magistrate Tao took it and flipped through it. "What is this? A toy? You are drawing the same thing, right? Then one picture will suffice."

"There is a place I have never been able to draw well. Give these to the carpenter. Maybe he will understand how to do it after taking a closer look."

Magistrate Tao stroked his forehead and said, "Okay, I hope the carpenter can understand what you mean."

He was in a hurry to go out, so he didn't look any further and casually called a yamen runner to take people to find the carpenter who often cooperated with the county government.

When the carpenter finished the work and sent it to the county government, Magistrate Tao was shocked to find that what the child had made was not a toy to be placed on the table, but a plow that could be used in the fields.

The carpenter was very excited and kept praising Magistrate Tao, saying that this thing that the magistrate had come up with with such a brilliant idea would save much more effort than the plow they were using now.

Magistrate Tao couldn't help but try it in the backyard.

As a county magistrate, one of his main duties was to encourage people to engage in farming and sericulture, so he often went to the fields with the people.

He felt the difference as soon as he used it. This plow was not only easy to pull, but also turned the soil deeper. The plowshare and plow arrows worked well together, so he could plow deep or shallow at will.

The more he tried, the happier he became, and before he knew it he had turned over all the soil in the garden and plowed down all the precious flowers and plants that Mrs. Tao had just planted.

Then his face was scratched.

Ming Youyou asked doubtfully, "Sir, have you been scratched by a cat?"

She has been to the county government office many times, but has never seen a cat.

Magistrate Tao coughed uncomfortably and said, "Do you still want to see your things?"

"Oh, yes," Ming Youyou became excited and followed the county magistrate around a messy garden. Finally, she saw the plow she had been thinking about.

"It's really made like that," she touched it with her hand, "Sir, is this plow easy to use?"

Magistrate Tao nodded and said, "Yes, the plowshare can be rotated. We can turn around and make turns without lifting it up. It is indeed much more convenient."

Seeing Ming Youyou also had a curious look on his face, he asked in confusion, "Don't you know whether the picture you drew is useful or not?"

She just chuckled.

It is incredible that a child could design a new plow, even though it was drawn day by day under his nose, even if it was all coincidence.

He had a guess in his mind and asked, "Have you ever seen something like this before?"

Ming Youyou blinked.

What kind of person is Magistrate Tao? He understood the guilty gesture at a glance and continued to ask, "Where did you see it?"

She closed her mouth, but her eyes unconsciously glanced forward.

This was her usual action of looking at the system screen.

However, from Magistrate Tao's perspective, she was looking in the direction of the county government entrance, so he looked in that direction.

The sounds of hawking could be heard faintly. The street outside the gate of the county government office was the busiest trading place in the city.

Magistrate Tao felt that he understood. He smiled and said, "Did you see this from the outside?"

He nodded and said, "That's right. Even though this is just a small county, there are many caravans passing through here, so we can see a lot of new and interesting things."

"Yesterday I met a few merchants from Daqi on the street. They brought a lot of wooden toys. Among them was a 'Luban Lock', which was really exquisite."

He sighed, "I have to say that the craftsmen of Daqi are very skilled..."

Ming Youyou breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Lord Tao started to talk about it.

She listened with great interest and wanted to discuss whether the Lu Ban lock was fun or not, but when she looked up, she found that County Magistrate Tao was standing there in a daze.

Ming Youyou was startled, and pushed carefully, calling out, "Sir, sir?"

As a result, Magistrate Tao jumped up and muttered to himself, "We all thought that the abundance of grain in Da Qi was due to problems with seeds and soil. Now, it seems that it may also be related to farming tools. We can't do anything about the former, but the latter..."

He perked up, "No, this matter must be reported as soon as possible."

Then he ran away like the wind.

Ming Youyou was stunned. It was incredible that Lord Tao, at his age, could still run so fast.

She shrugged her shoulders and found that she was the only one left in the yard, so she ran to find a yamen runner and said, "Brother, please help me carry this plow out."

The bailiff thought it was the order from the county magistrate, so he happily agreed, carried the item on his back and walked out.

When the doorman saw this, he thought it was a task for the yamen runners, so he not only opened the door readily, but also helped find an ox cart to Xiaguan Village. Then Ming Youyou took the precious curved plow back without any hindrance.

She sat beside the ox cart with her legs swaying. She said to the system, "It was a close call just now. I don't know why I dare not speak carelessly to Lord Tao."

She said happily: "But Lord Tao has thought of a good excuse for us. If this happens again, I will say that it was brought by a foreign merchant caravan, hahaha."

The system also felt that it was not easy to deal with a smart person like Magistrate Tao.

But there is one advantage of smart people: they like to use their imagination.

"Next time he asks, you should talk less." The system suggested, "This way, Lord Tao will be able to find the reason himself."

Everyone happily followed the ox cart back to the village.

Then this plow caused a sensation in Xiaguan Village.